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        Polymorphic wrapper for executors.
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    <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">executor</span>
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                           title="executor::unspecified_bool_type_t"><span
                                class="bold"><strong>unspecified_bool_type_t</strong></span></a>
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/context.html" title="executor::context"><span
                                class="bold"><strong>context</strong></span></a>
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                        Obtain the underlying execution context.
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/defer.html" title="executor::defer"><span class="bold"><strong>defer</strong></span></a>
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                        Request the executor to invoke the given function object.
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/dispatch.html" title="executor::dispatch"><span
                                class="bold"><strong>dispatch</strong></span></a>
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                        Request the executor to invoke the given function object.
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/executor.html" title="executor::executor"><span
                                class="bold"><strong>executor</strong></span></a>
                        <span class="silver">[constructor]</span>
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                        Default constructor. <br> <span class="silver"> —</span><br> Construct from nullptr. <br>
                        <span class="silver"> —</span><br> Copy constructor. <br> <span class="silver"> —</span><br>
                        Move constructor. <br>
                        <span class="silver"> —</span><br> Construct a polymorphic wrapper for the specified executor.
                        <br> <span class="silver"> —</span><br> Allocator-aware constructor to create a polymorphic
                        wrapper for the specified executor.
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/on_work_finished.html" title="executor::on_work_finished"><span
                                class="bold"><strong>on_work_finished</strong></span></a>
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                        Inform the executor that some work is no longer outstanding.
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/on_work_started.html" title="executor::on_work_started"><span
                                class="bold"><strong>on_work_started</strong></span></a>
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                        Inform the executor that it has some outstanding work to do.
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/operator_unspecified_bool_type.html"
                           title="executor::operator unspecified_bool_type"><span class="bold"><strong>operator unspecified_bool_type</strong></span></a>
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                        Operator to test if the executor contains a valid target.
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/operator_eq_.html" title="executor::operator="><span
                                class="bold"><strong>operator=</strong></span></a>
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                        Assignment operator. <br> <span class="silver"> —</span><br>
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                        <br> <span class="silver"> —</span><br> Assignment operator for nullptr_t. <br> <span
                            class="silver"> —</span><br>
                        Assignment operator to create a polymorphic wrapper for the specified
                        executor.
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/post.html" title="executor::post"><span
                                class="bold"><strong>post</strong></span></a>
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                        Request the executor to invoke the given function object.
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/target.html" title="executor::target"><span class="bold"><strong>target</strong></span></a>
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                        Obtain a pointer to the target executor object.
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/target_type.html" title="executor::target_type"><span
                                class="bold"><strong>target_type</strong></span></a>
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                        Obtain type information for the target executor object.
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/unspecified_bool_true.html"
                           title="executor::unspecified_bool_true"><span
                                class="bold"><strong>unspecified_bool_true</strong></span></a> <span class="silver">[static]</span>
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/_executor.html" title="executor::~executor"><span
                                class="bold"><strong>~executor</strong></span></a>
                        <span class="silver">[destructor]</span>
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                        Destructor.
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/operator_not__eq_.html" title="executor::operator!="><span
                                class="bold"><strong>operator!=</strong></span></a>
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                        Compare two executors for inequality.
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                        <a class="link" href="executor/operator_eq__eq_.html" title="executor::operator=="><span
                                class="bold"><strong>operator==</strong></span></a>
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                        Compare two executors for equality.
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        <span class="emphasis"><em>Header: </em></span><code class="literal">asio/executor.hpp</code>
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        <span class="emphasis"><em>Convenience header: </em></span><code class="literal">asio.hpp</code>
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